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The Adventure Zone Double Feature: “Here There Be Gerblins,” and “Murder on the Rockport Limited!”

By Quinn January 25, 2022Books, Reviews

"Here There Be Gerblins," by The McElroys and Carey Pietsch (illustrator) This graphic novel is an illustrated version of the, "Adventure Zone," podcast, a DnD romp featuring the McElroy brothers…

“The War of Art,” by Steven Pressfield

By Quinn January 24, 2022Books, Reviews

This brisk (~3 hour) audiobook is part pep talk and part philosophy. The book is broken into three sections: defining resistance (i.e. how the author describes the various thoughts, feelings,…

“Medallion Status,” by John Hodgman

By Quinn January 23, 2022Books, Reviews

Part travel-log, part memoir, John Hodgman's Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms is sure to be a hit with fans of his previous work, Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches. This work…

Link’s Awakening (Switch, 2019)

By Quinn January 22, 2022Reviews, Video Games

First, a few words from the manufacturer: Link has washed ashore on a mysterious island with strange and colorful inhabitants. To escape the island, Link must collect magical instruments across…

“Get Your Sh*t Together,” by Sarah Knight

By Quinn January 20, 2022Books, Reviews2 Comments

"Get Your Sh*t Together," is a self-help book written by the self-styled "anti-guru," Sarah Knight. Over the course of the book, Knight discusses topics big and small, from where to…

“Strong Female Protagonist (Book 1: Vol 1-4),” by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag

By Quinn January 19, 2022Books, Reviews

Strong Female Protagonist, by Brennan Lee Mulligan and illustrated by Molly Ostertag follows Allison Green, formerly Mega Girl, as she tries to navigate her "post-super," life. After years on the beat,…

Should My Characters, “Just Go To Therapy?”

By Quinn January 18, 2022Fiction, Writing About Writing

One of my old refrains from my time in writing workshops was that I found “modern fiction,” annoying. Why? By my estimation, a lot of the problems in these stories…

LiveNotes A5 Staplebound Journal by PenGallery

By Quinn January 18, 2022Reviews, Stationery

First, a product description from the manufacturer: in our search for writing perfection, we created LIVENOTES especially for fountain pen livers. Made with Tomoe River paper, LIVENOTES offers a luxurious…

Unicomp Ultra Classic 104

By Quinn January 17, 2022Everything Else, Reviews

Unicomp is a Kentucky-based company that manufactures reproductions a few of the well-known buckling spring keyboards of yore. The most famous of their reproductions is the Model M, a full-sized…

“School Zone Girls (Vol. 1),” by Ningiyau

By Quinn January 16, 2022Books, Reviews

I found this work thanks to a YouTube review by Hazel. The video sold me on the manga, even as I've been moving away from stories focused on High Schoolers (mostly…